“Master and Man” by Leo Tolstoy was an interesting book to say the least, the way it reaches within the characters thoughts with just the description of their voice is kind of astonishing, actually. The story actually makes me think about how, against popular opinion, new flourished flowers get trampled on easily, that’s why every leaf and petal of any plant has brown spots, or tears, maybe its wilting too. It goes to show nothing is perfect and if we take that in a sense, you can see Nikita through a new lens, and in truth nothing is perfect, as how Nikita use to be drunkard, but now he’s healing and has become a better person. In a sense you can think of Vasili too, though selfish, at the end of the book he becomes a new flourished flower, only to die or get trampled on easily.
This book made me feel weird, there were a lot of ups and downs, how I felt upset at Vasili for being so mean and cruel but then to feel sorrow at the end after realizing he died when he had a change of soul. Nikita I felt bad most of the time, but when the barn scene came and he was kind of shooshing the dog away I felt a little bit angry at Nikita and bad for the dog, but maybe that’s because i’m just a dog person. At the end I felt kind of upset at Nikita for letting his wife get away with cheating and accepting her apology but then he died and I was a little happy because I realized, at least now everyone is at peace and their souls are free now. I had a lot of weird emotions, but ultimately I was happy with the end.